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Magistrate reduces short‑term rental penalties after Jacobson testimony; $500 fine per rental assessed
Summary
A St. Pete Beach magistrate found seven short‑term rentals at a property and assessed $500 per rental (reduced from the usual $1,000), plus administrative and recording costs, citing hurricane damage relief as a mitigating factor.
A special magistrate for the City of Saint Pete Beach found a property in violation of the city's land‑use code after evidence showed multiple short‑term rentals and assessed civil penalties reduced for hurricane‑related hardship.
The magistrate found seven short‑term rentals at the Jacobson property and described the violation as “irreparable, irreversible.” The magistrate said she would assess $500 for each of the seven rentals and impose the $330 administrative fee and any applicable recording fees. “I am going to assess a fine of $500 per each…
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